Kol Yisrael

Kol Yisrael
Entrance to Kol Yisrael facilities in Romema, Jerusalem (2016)
TypePublic-service sound broadcasting
Country
Israel
Broadcast area
National; International
Programming
Language(s)Hebrew, English, French, Persian, Bukhori, Yiddish, Spanish, Maghrebi Arabic, Georgian, Amharic, Tigrinya, Ladino, Hungarian, Romanian, and Russian
Ownership
Owner
History
Launch dateDecember 1947; 76 years ago (1947-12)
ClosedMay 2017; 7 years ago (2017-05)
Former names
  • Telem-Shamir-Boaz
  • Kol HaHagana
  • Shidurei Yisrael
Coverage
StationsSee list below
Links
WebcastList of streams
Websitewww.kan.org.il

Kol Yisrael or Kol Israel (קול ישראל‎ lit. "Voice of Israel", also "Israel Radio") was Israel's public domestic and international radio service. It operated as a division of the Israel Broadcasting Service from 1951 to 1965, and later the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) from 1965 to 2017. Following the IBA's closure, the radio stations it used to administer are currently operated by the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation.